Nurses in New Guinea

Accession Number F01817
Collection type Film
Measurement 6 min 10 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Date made 24 May 1943
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Port Moresby, Papua, 24 May 1943. The daily life of Australian nurse at 2/9 Australian General Hospital (AGH). Identified personnel are: Sister R Campbell (Innisfail); Private S D Taylor (Charters Towers); Sister Welch (WA); Lieuenant Opal Woods (Senior Sister, US hospital); Sister D Bush; Sergeant Hubble (Perth); Matron Marshall (Sydney); Miss E Finney (Melbourne); Lieuenant T G Rice (Melbourne); Lieutenant D E Cooper (Melbourne); No 3 Medical Receiving Station (MRS) RAAF and staff; Miss E Bishop (Sydney); Sister A Hamilton (Mackay); Sister F Ashbey (Sydney); Sister A Cleary (Cambooya); Sister J Wheatley (WA); Sister E Weber; Squadron Leader Baldwin Commanding Officer No 3 MRS RAAF; Sister H Gardner (Port Macquarie); American Red Cross worker Miss Harriette Saeltzer; Private Karl Kelly (Decatur, Indiana); Miss Mary Cruthers (Oklahoma).

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